William Daniel Hardy, a junior railway porter of Thirroul, New South Wales was born in Bathurst and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces on 9 Oct. 1915 at the age of nineteen. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A61 Kanowna, 29 March 1916 and served in the 4th Field Ambulance of the Army Medical Corps in Egypt, France and Belgium. He transferred to the Second Australian General Hospital 24 Feb. 1917. He was invalided back to Australia on HMAT A29 Suevic, arriving in Sydney 20 Nov. 1917

Scope and Content

ITEM 01
William Daniel Hardy diary, 9 October 1915-31 December 1916

ITEM 02
William Daniel Hardy diary, 1 January-26 November 1917

Source

Purchased from W. D. Hardy, 1919
Part of the European War Collecting Project (also known as the Soldiers' Diaries Collection or War Diaries Collection), established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918

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